Shoe-form inserter.



E. E. DURAND.

SHOE FORM INSERTER.

APBLIOATION FILLED 11113.30, 1909.

. 960, 5 1 & Patented June 7, 1910.

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p N E 'an'r SHOE-FORM INSERTER.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN E. DURAND, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Beverly, in the county of Essex and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Form Inserters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the various letters of reference thereon, which form a part of this specification.

It is known that shoe manufacturers in preparing samples for display have long since extensively used within said sample shoes what are known as hollowshoe forms, which forms consist of sheet leatherboard or other light material molded to the exact form of the last upon which the shoe is made, and which fit tightly in the shoes within which they are placed, thereby eliminating all wrinkles of the upper, and giving a finished effect to the shoes. To obtain the best results, said forms should fit very snugly, and in practice it has been found ditlicult to satisfactorily insert them with any degree of rapidity without causing a soreness of the operators hands, as well as experiencing many other difliculties. To avoid these objections, manufacturers have resorted to a two piece form, joined on a hinge at the shank portion, so that the heel may be raised while the toe portion of the form is being inserted, after which the heel portion is dropped into position. The two piece form is however acknowledged to be not as satisfactory in use as the one piece form.

The objects of my invention are first: To provide an interior support to the forms while they are being inserted within the shoes for which they are intended so that said forms may not collapse while being inserted from pressure upon any particular portion thereof. Second, when force is exerted on the top or open portion of the forms in placing them within the shoes for which they are intended, to provide a means which will exert an equal and upward pressure on the interior of the form at that portion just below the instep, so as to thereby cause the forms to contract in width and enable them to enter the shoes more readily. Third, to provide a support to the instep portion of the forms while said forms are being inserted within the shoes for which they are intended.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 30, 1909.

Patented June '7, 1910.

Serial No. 486,845.

My appliance is made to use in connection with an ordinary lasting jack on which it fits the same as any ordinary last.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of my device. Fig. 2 is an end or heel view of my device. Fig. 3 shows a hollow shoe form with my device inserted therein.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the various views.

Referring, now, in detail to the drawing: my shoe-form inserter, comprehensively considered, somewhat resembles, in contour, a single-piece shoe-form, which latter is, as is well known, disposed within a sample shoe designed for display and advertising purposes in shop-windows and the like, and also for use of commercial travelers in soliciting orders; advantageously, for the functions it performs, is a solid structure; and may be made in various sizes to fit various sizes of shoe-forms.

K (Fig. 3) represents an ordinary singlepiece shoe-form, having an instep-portion k, as usual.

My shoe-form inserter comprises, essentially, a heel-portion D of appropriate depth; an instep-portion B a toe-portion A, which is curled or bent upward; and what may be called a treador sole-portion 0, comprising the bottom surface of the device, or that portion thereof extending from the lower end of the heel-portion D to the lower end of the toe-portion A,what may be called the ball of the inserter (in analogy to the ball of the human foot) being designated by the reference-letter c.

Interiorly of the heel-portion D of the inserter, and extending from the top thereof is an elongated socket E, whereby, in use, as is obvious, the inserter may be positioned upon an ordinary lastingjaek.

The heel-portion D of the inserter is furnished with a lip or shoulder Gr extending, at the one end, from the forward, upper end of the heel-portion D, as shown at G, and terminating, at the other end, at the back of the heel-portion D, at a point intermediate the depth thereof, as shown at F, this lip following a curved line, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3; whereby, when the inserter is placed within a shoe-form, the lip rests against and engages the curved upper rear portion of the shoe-form, supporting the inserter within the shoe-form, with the top portion H of the inserter projecting from the shoe-form, as

It is essential that my inserter made pf lessjleng'th thanthe shoe-form with V shown in Fi g. The1ip also subserues the function of preventing injury. ,of and dam-.-

age to thecurved edge of the shoe-form, against which said lip rests.

shall be which it is designed to be used (see Fig. 3) I so that, when force isexerted on the top portion H of the inserter, in placing a shoeform within a shoe by the use my insertei",'the upward-projecting toe-portion A will engage with, and exert an equal upward tension on, the interior of the shoe,-

form, at that portion which is just below the instep 7b thereof, causing the shoe-form to contract in width at the forward portion thereof, as in the region of thereferenceletter J, and thus permit insertion of the shoe-form within a shoejwith ease and ce- '20 le'rityQaS will be readily understood.

:TlllIlStQp-POItiOIl Bofthe inserter supw port s'the instep 7c of the shoe-form when the. L inserter 'is being disposed within the shoeform and'while the toe-portion A is engag- 1 1g theinterior of the shoe-form to contract the width thereof.-

HaVing thus fully described my invention;

with a shoe-form, in facilitating insertion thereof Wi hin. a sh e; an n r ins i le within the shoe-form and comprislng, 111

I part, a toe-portion engageable with the interior of the form to contract the width thereof when the form 'is being insertedwithin a shoe.

2. As a new article of manufacture for use with a shoe-form, facilitating insertion thereof w1th1n a shoe: an inserter 111861111316 within the shoe-form and comprising, in part, a toe-portion engageable with the in terior of the form'to contract the width thereof when the form is being inserted. 1-

within a shoe, and a supporting portion for the instepof the form, while the width of the form is being contracted.

For use in facilitating the insertion of a shoe-form within a shoe, an inserter in-- sertible within a shoe form and provided with a heel-portion furnished with a lip engageable with the upper edge of-a shoe form. 1

In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

E IN DU AND.

Witnesses CHARLES WV. LovETT, CHAs. ALLEN TABER. 

